Tamar Sharon appointed to European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
Tamar Sharon, professor of Philosophy, Digitalization and Society at uu77, has been appointed to the European Union’s Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.
Babies are sensitive to rhyme, rhythm and phrases in children’s songs
All over the world, parents sing songs and recite rhymes to their young children. Researchers have known for some time that this has a stimulating or calming effect on babies, but it turns out that babies are also sensitive to the language patterns.
‘Rough’ words feature a trill sound in languages around the globe
In languages spoken around the world, words describing rough surfaces are highly likely to feature a ‘trilled /r/’ sound – a linguistic pattern that stretches back over 6,000 years, a new study reveals.
Mental health care for detainees failing worldwide
A substantial majority of prisoners around the world experience psychological problems, yet authorities do little to address this issue. A new volume edited by Piet Hein van Kempen and Maartje Krabbe from uu77 highlights this.
Educational researchers quite good at citing each other
85 percent of the references in educational research articles are substantively correct. This is the conclusion that Ard Lazonder and Noortje Janssen of uu77 reached after analysing 500 articles from 244 different educational journals.
How do Western European Muslims view homosexuality?
The frequency of mosque attendance, the norms of the country of origin, the time since migration and experiences of discrimination all play a role in how Western European Muslims view homosexuality.
Citizen science project will map Surinamese society in its entirety
On September 14, a major citizen science project will begin in which historians from uu77 will work with volunteers to map the entire Surinamese population between 1830 and 1950.
Bart Jacobs receives Stevin Prize
Bart Jacobs, professor of security, privacy and identity at uu77, receives the NWO Stevin Prize 2021, the highest award in Dutch science.
EHT pinpoints dark heart of the nearest radio galaxy
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, known for taking the first picture of the black hole in the galaxy M87, has now imaged the heart of the neighboring galaxy Centaurus A in unprecedented detail.
Parents harsher with toddlers during first lockdown
Parents with a toddler were more likely to react harshly to their child during the first "corona lockdown" in the Netherlands (from April to May 2020), such as by shaking or scolding them, a publication shows.
Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) consortium, which took the first-ever image of a black hole, today presented a new image of the black hole at the center of the galaxy M87.
Algorithm opens sealed seventeenth-century letter
Het is voor het eerst gelukt om een verzegelde brief uit de zeventiende eeuw te lezen. Met geavanceerde scantechnologie en een computergestuurd algoritme wist een internationaal onderzoeksteam de brief digitaal te openen.
In 25 years the number of hoverfly species has fallen sharply in German nature reserves
In addition to a sharp decline in the total biomass of flying insects, species diversity has also declined in German nature reserves. This is true at least for hoverflies, researchers from uu77 show.
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The EHT team that published the first photo of the shadow of a black hole last year used the knowledge gained with it to analyze archival data from 2009-2013 and concluded that the shadow wobbles over the years.
Curaçao slave register and emancipation registers online
The Curaçao slave register (1839-1863) and the emancipation registers (1863) of Curaçao will become digitally available on August 17 through the websites of the National Archives of Curaçao and the Netherlands.
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